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    Windows 10 Green Screens?

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by illuMinniti, Apr 30, 2017.

  1. illuMinniti

    illuMinniti Notebook Evangelist

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    So this never happened until after the creators update, so I assume its the cause. Anyway, I gamed perfectly fine for hours last week and then stopped pretty much until today. Today I try to play games on my TV and I was getting a green screen. So I uninstalled and reinstalled the Nvidia drivers with a clean install - it was fixed. I was on 381.78 when the green screen was happening and I reverted to 378.92 and everything was back to normal. Then while gaming I paused it for a second and I got the green screen again oddly. Checked Nvidia driver, and it says 381.78. I guess Windows keeps updating it even WHILE gaming lol... Anyone know a fix or should I just figure out how to disable the driver updates?
     
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  2. judal57

    judal57 Notebook Deity

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    i think could be the new windows 10 night mode. check if you have it enabled
     
    judal57, Apr 30, 2017
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    Oh no, my screen is literally all green. There's no filter, its just green haha
     
    illuMinniti, May 1, 2017
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    WIndows 10 creators update restyled the blue screens to green. Dunno why though, the color green gives people the feeling of something positive, an error is not something positive.
     
    rinneh, May 1, 2017
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    illuMinniti Notebook Evangelist

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    It's not a BSOD. The green is just simply green lol, that's all. No errors, no driver crashes, the screen is just green. The entire thing. HDMI port works, cord works, TV works, it just turns green once Windows decides on updating the driver automatically.

    Even with using OOSU to block driver updates, it still seems to randomly update the Nvidia driver >_>. This is really annoying
     
    illuMinniti, May 1, 2017
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    Use the windows update hide tool from microsoft. Should fix it.
     
    rinneh, May 1, 2017
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  7. Papusan

    Papusan Jokebook's Sucks! Dont waste your $$$ on Filthy

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    Not everyone have had success.
    Use gpedit to hinder specific drivers from be updated. Or just use metered connection.
     
    Papusan, May 3, 2017
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